Aloha! I’m currently writing from Kona, Hawaii, where we are one week away from the half way point of our lecture phase in the School of Worship at Youth With A Mission (University of the Nations).
Every week, we host a speaker who speaks on a specific topic regarding missions and worship. It’s really helpful to hear from people of different nations and cultures; because everyone brings a beautiful facet of God’s personality and character to light.
Week 1: Intro / vision / history / SOW storyline
The stories of simple obedience in saying yes to God was what captivated me during this week. Whether it was to start a school, to hand off the school to someone else, or to build a prayer room, people have said yes and obeyed the Lord; and there is now much fruit from humans simply agreeing with what God had on His heart in that time and season.
Week 2: Intimacy and vulnerability
The takeaway I received from this week was engaging with the Lord through using my physical body and deepening Neural pathways of connecting with God using this method.
Week 3: Songwriting
I was encouraged and felt validated to know I’m on the right lane of thinking when I write and write and write, even if it’s a song I don’t necessarily like or want to publish. Much of being a writer is writing. Much of being a songwriter is writing songs. It really can be that simple to begin.
Week 4: Identity and freedom
The Lord highlighted His steadiness, His authority over everything, and reminded me of the freedom He’s given me.
Week 5: Spiritual Warfare, Prayer, and Intercession
I am looking forward to this next week, as we have someone from IHOPKC coming to share with us about spiritual warfare and prayer and intercession. This is something I want to pursue more, especially in establishing communities of worship across the globe. For some, it may look like a house church or living room worship. For others, it may look like Wednesday night youth group. Perhaps for some, it’s a house of prayer being birthed in a community. Whatever it may look like, I want to help birth worship in communities who are hungry for more of God.
I don’t fully know what this looks like, but I’m praying for clarity and understanding on this in the future.
LOCATION ANNOUNCED!
I get to attend a special Oral Bible Translation Training a few of the days this week, because I am on the OBTF (Oral Bible Translation Facilitation) Team and we get to pioneer this first group in the Himalayas!
We’ll be supporting the team from mid December to mid March, and we’ll have a debrief at the end (which I’m very happy about, as it’s helpful and healthy to process everything together as a team!)
I wanted to update you, as I know you’ve been asking about outreach and where we’re going! If you have any specific prayers or verses that come to mind, please let me know. We’re praying together as a team and already feel the Lord is speaking to us about a few specific things.
I’m in the midst of raising the rest of the funds for outreach, and I need $2,000 by November 11th. I am praying for 8 more people to join my J Team! If you’d like to be a part, please message me or feel free to give online!
With love,
Morgan ♥️☺️
In His Presence 